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Lilith looked over the file carefully for what seemed like the 50th time again. Something about this just didnt feel right to her, so as she plugged herself in on the one side, she pulled a cord out of the other side of her head piece and began looking into some background information, trying to figure out what it was that was bothering her about this job.
She sent out a message to the others, wanting an update on what was going on with them
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Quinn settles for a brief moment to make sure everyone seems to be sharp and that there wasn't anything unexpected on the roof as they retract the zipline.
He eyes over the new additions the the team. Bioroids. He wasn't sure about these things, but since the team had gotten them they'd seem loyal and effective enough.
"Alright, lets get this thing done as planned covert ops carefully clear the way, combat bot backs 'em up, and the rest of us stay sharp and alert until needed. Lets move."
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Alexis got a message from Lilith as she wanted an update on her and Alex's status. She closed her eyes for a bit as a message was created.
(Alexis' Message) "Nothing so far, we're preparing for mission. Alex is almost ready for backup in case things go south for us."
Alexis sent her message out to Lilith as she turned to Alex, who was in his combat form as he was preparing his equipment. He knows that this is a stealth mission, but he should be their ace up their sleeves if things do go south. She was also aware that the guards and Data Ravens are present, so this means that they couldn't get careless during the mission. As long as they can get the data and get out of there, it won't be a concern.
(Alexis) "You ready Alex?"
(Alex) "Yeah."
(Alexis) "This is a stealth operation, so don't go attacking guards unless they're about to sound the alarm. Also, if you must go after them, incapacitate them quickly."
(Alex) "I already know that, but thanks for the heads up."
Alexis then created a message.
(Message) "We're ready to go, waiting on your go."
Alexis then sent her message to Lilith and awaited her next move.
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} "Task received. Sub-tasks noted. Team, established and in position. Target location, partially known." {
Her virtual console rung inside her cyber-mind, established within her bio-matter via various mods and attachments. The stench of the sewer was of no consequence, it was a dark road only the trodden and the cunning would take. Her frame lifted from the entrances and rolled silently forward into the breadth of the basement, to her left she saw A-1 and A-2 (Alexis and Alex, she 'fondly' calls) checking their gear and their status. Once she got their attention, she would nod distinctly sending a message to them.
"Stealth mode online, taking point." She was never much of a conversationalist, but this was much better than when they first met. At least she tells them she's going ahead, now that her motion-image reflector was booting, it would be difficult seeing her later in the mission.
Quickly, smoothly, her feminine frame swept itself across to the basement steps, her image blurring into the color scheme of the nearby wall as she ascended the stairway with practiced caution. She rung up her virtual console to establish communication with her first acquaintance in the team, Lilith.
} "Ascending basement steps, stealth mode adjusting. Signs of security detection, copy? {
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'Move out' Lilith sent, giving the ok to proceed. She noticed communication with Veldia pop up. "Security?" she scoffed. "Childs play." she grinned, cracking through the systems with ease. She didnt kick down the system entirely though, she made it appear it was still up and running while having control over it, allowing the others to move in without raising suspicion. In the meantime she was still researching as much as she could about the job and the woman who approached her. She wanted to shake this bad feeling before something major happened.
"Security systems in my control. You'll have full access without triggering alarms." she said rather smugly, proud of her skills and speed.
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(Veldia) ""Task received. Sub-tasks noted. Team, established and in position. Target location, partially known. Stealth mode online, taking point. Ascending basement steps, stealth mode adjusting. Signs of security detection, copy?"
(Lilith) "Move out. Security? Child's play. Security systems in my control. You'll have full access without triggering alarms."
(Alex) "Understood, we're moving out."
(Alexis) "Let's make this quick. Veidla, keep an eye out for guards or anyone who comes close to us."
Alex and Alexis began to follow Veidla's steps, but not to closely so that she can keep her element of surprise. The two reviewed their objectives closely from their built-in HUDs:
Primary Objective: Steal file from central data pool on second floor for 5,000 credits.
Secondary Objective(s):
A) Complete mission without killing any guards or altering any data.
Reward: Influence gain NBN w/ 2,000 Credits
B) Hack first floor closed network to be open and send data off-site.
Reward: Influence gain Haas-Bioroid. 1,000 credits. Spinal Modem and Cyber Feeder mod implant set for a Runner.
Their main concern was the primary objective, but the secondary objectives were also big too. If they can get them done, it can be a huge help to them in the long run.
(Alex) "Lilith, do you want us to hack the first floor network? We can send the data off-site and make our lives a lot easier."
(Alexis) "Your call Lilith."
Alex and Alexis awaited her call, it was really up to her anyways so might as well wait for her approval.
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Samuel had just finished fitting his black gloves when he sent the message to Lilith "I'm ready when you are." He looked around the basement taking everything into account. He would have preferred a higher entry point, but it would have to do. He looked at Alex and Alexis, they were just finishing up with their gear. Hopefully Alex won't draw too much attention. he thought. Samuel understood the necessity of the combat specialist in other missions, but not on a simple hack mission. He checked his silenced pistol ready and loaded, only to be used when absolutely necessary. He somehow managed to notice Veldia begin climbing the steps, her stealth tech blending her in. He began to follow, receiving the 'Move out' message as he did. Now the fun part begins.
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Mavis quickly traversed down the Zip line ahead of the others his eyes ever scanning the area around as he found a breach point. With a small flashlight with a dim green led light he signaled back at Quinn and Spades. Placing a small vile around the edges of the smallest window he saw, he carefully poured a strange luminescent solution. AS he did so the liquid bubbled and the window began to fall towards Mavis as he carefully caught it. Lifting a face mask from under his shirt to his mouth, concealing his face and mouth he began to spray the area beyond the window, noticing no activity from motion lasers or the like he proceeded to enter through the window carefully and unhooking himself from the line. With a few more visual scans he signed out the window the immediate area was clear with one thumb up and a loop with his index finger. Signifying here and only here appears to be safe. Not waiting for the others he walked around the room evaluating its value as forward base and escape point. In his mind he thought it may be a good place but he left the choice to Quinn and the others as he positioned himself by the rooms exit door.
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Quinn scanned the room as he followed behind Mavis.
Noticing some access ports by the room's teleconference rig Quinn waved over the "Alt" model bioroid. Quinn hoped she was as good as the sales rep made her out to be. Quinn pointed at the ports. "Alright, this one goes to this floors closed network. It might have some paydata and so be well defended, probably more bother than its worth. This other one however goes to the multifloor network. Security tends to be a bit looser because of all the different uses and users, you should be able to hack into the multi-floor security systems from here you need to make it look like everything working, but set it up to prevent anyone getting wise to use moving around and give the covert ops the itnel on what systems you've knocked out so they know what they still need to deal with."
Alt nodded. Quinn had already gone over these sorts of things with her before the mission, and while he seemed competent, she could tell she was the real expert here with her brand new systems and drivers. She quickly hacked her way to the security system and found something...odd. Carefully she whispers. "It's done, sending out info to the team. However it appears the multifloor security system was already compromised before it got there. It could be a natural bug in their system but...probabilistic uptime and failure rate analysis indicates that's very unlikely.. I didn't stay long in the system to avoid detection, but I could get back in."
Quinn stares at her for a while. And then remember's "she" is an "it" while an unsettling feeling gathers in his guts. "You better not just be glitchy. Are you sure about all that."
Without missing a beat Alt replies 'Self diagnostics indicate full functionality and compliance to specified requirements to a 99.999999 percent probability." and gives a little smile.
That doesn't seem to cheer Quinn up. But he gets on to scanning the file she sent out and then whispers.
"Alright. I don't know if it's her or something else. But SOMETHING weird is going on. Looks like our covert ops ought to be able to get us to stairwell A and down to a second floor office where we should be able to get at that closed network and take care of that guard and clear a path to the data pool. Lets keep it quick."
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Spades had gone over the strategy of the mission several times in his head. It was simple and solid. The additional objective of not killing everyone gave Spades an ease. Killing was bad business, even if it’s necessary. After Mavis gave a clear signal, he followed along with Quinn into the building. Spades kept his weapons holstered as he peered around the room.
While Mavis already scanned about, Spades had to see it for himself. He always had an uneasy paranoia and a second scan settled it to a minor degree. In the process he overheard a bit of the conversation between Alt and Quinn. The news unsettled his stomach; right at the start something is already wrong. He moved to meet up with Mavis, they had to exit the room and get to the stairs. With a whisper he spoke to Mavis, “Apparently security is already down…I hope this isn’t a set up.”
Spades peered out the window on the door; luckily most of the office space had its lights off, allowing Spades to be a bit lax. While the lights in the office were off, some in the halls outside that connected various office spaces and halls to a main lobby were on. A guard turned from one of the halls. Spades quickly got out of sighting distance and looked at Mavis, giving him hand signals that someone is out there. While he used to be in security himself, Spades wasn’t fully sure how they were setting up patrols. Was it solo, or were they in groups sending in one to a specific area to quickly scan and give an appearance of loose security? Only one way to find out, but Spades had a very uneasy feeling.
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Thirty-six hours. That’s how long it’s been since Marcus last shot up. As they entered into the building, one of his major focusses were about just letting go and hitting up. However he couldn’t. He had a mission to focus on, a stealth mission. This made him question his presence here. However self-reminders that even stealth missions can get hot settled any internal disputes. He had a few charges in his coat pocket along with homemade detonators.
Marcus stood along with Quinn and Alt as they went over the security and plan, where Marcus butted in, “If I use any of my charges, don’t you think NBN will be upset with us due to property damages? Well…I guess since we’re already in their mining facility and stealing data it doesn’t really matter. Just let me know when you want something out of the way, or a blast to cover our escape when things get hot.”
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Mavis nodded at Spades and his visual warning, the two were fairly experienced in speaking without words to each other and Mavis respected his forethought. Mavis took a moment to analyze the situation, stroking his chin he reflected on Spades’ earlier statement and whispered, “Breaching did seem way too easy, but there’s no indication of a silent alarm, no panic, and a single guard on his own walking around?” Mavis looked back towards Quinn then back at Spades, “I can kill this guy easy but that isn’t our thing now, but I got an idea. We rush him out in the open, see if anyone is watching the cameras for this hallway. If alarms go off then well I am not sure what’s going on but if they don’t this mission might get really interesting. ” With that statement Mavis smiled and took his pistol out of his left side holster taking the safety off. Mavis had a bad feeling but was somewhat excited to see how it would play out. Frustrated with the no-kill policy he continued to think of non-lethal approaches and signaled to Spades to start a 3 count.
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“You want to test security? That could jeopardize our whole point of stealth.” Spades offered a retort to the idea. Not that it was a bad idea; it was just Spades being Spades. He quickly played out the scene in his head. If they charged, they’d bring down the man—looks like Mavis will be shooting to disarm. Spades wanted to rush in but that would risk getting shot. If the man goes down, either an alarm will be triggered, a patrol group who are expecting him back will get curious, or nothing will happen.
While iffy about the idea, he went along with it, “Alright, you take a shot at his arm so he can’t shoot at me and I’ll rush up to him and knock him out. I don’t want to draw my weapons if I don’t have to.”
He took a deep breath in, “1...2…3!”
Spades opened the door and rushed out, trusting Mavis to get in a good shot as they went for the guard.
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Thrasher had been hanging around Quinn and the Alt. This being a stealth mission, he knew he probably wouldn't have been needed. However, he was always prepared, with his weapon kept tip top and ammo counted, just in case something went wrong. He went up to Quinn and spoke. "So Quinn, how much you wanna bet this doesn't go smoothly?" He had a wry smile on his face, with a look that says he wants some action as well.
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} "Roger Lilith, Roger A-1, approach in session." {
Her response to the group was concise and perhaps cold, she only needed to communicate enough to get the message across, usually coming off as blunt or aloof. Her demeanor tended to shift with the task at hand, espionage at a party calls for a charismatic mask, while assassination requires only the work of her hands. This mission, an espionage night raid, called for the bare essentials.
The bare essentials, the essence of existence. To be of use and to have purpose.
Veldia's virtual console rung with red cyber-light in the mind-scape of her consciousness. The barren white void of a sparkling mind, where it's lights are like specters haunting walls of stiff artificial flesh. Her perceptive relays came to detect the movement of steps two sub-floors up. Heavy steps, and deep coughing. Likely a male subject.
}"Movement detected, approximate location: stairway- sub floor one. Subject is likely male."{
She scanned along the walls of the stairway, catching sight of a nearby ventilation system hatch. It was large enough for her average sized cyber body to move at serviceable speeds. She kept a note of it on her ascent, perhaps the ventilation system would prove useful in the upper levels.
Her console rung with violet as her stealth systems were at their maximum limits. Standing still she would be fairly invisible, her movement being the main antagonist. The faster she moved, the more she was revealed. At her steady pace she was like a chameleon climbing through leaves; both sides of some strange perceptual mirror.
Taking advantage of her stealth system's current output, she slipped up to sub-floor one, crouching behind the safety panels along the stairway. She glanced at the male she had detected, standing facing the doorway, dressed in the standard security fare.
}"Subject confirmed. Removing threat."{
The blur swept up behind the male, using her cybernetic body to it's full advantage. A sleeper hold was all that was necessary. The guard was knocked out cold, becoming assimilated into the motion-image reflector's field as she descended to the nearest vent.
}"Threat eliminated non-lethally, disposing into the vent system. Team, establish new point-man."{
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"Proceed." Lilith answered Alex and Alexis, keeping tabs on Veldia's movements, making sure to loop the guard moving on the security monitors so it appeared he was still on duty. The last thing they wanted was for an alert to go off. All the while she continued running a background search, though it was something she might have to shut down to process everything she was doing for the others. She scanned ahead for the others, giving them a report as a heads up. "Each floor has a few men walking, think you can handle it?" She smiled, sending Veldia a small gridded map with red, moving pinpoints, each one a different guard on duty. "If not, I'll stage a blackout in the area." she offered. "You can use the darkness to move and I'll flip back on the lights back on once you reach the target point."
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OOC: @Princess Lemon and @Enemyraidz I'm not exactly sure how this game goes, but I saw Luzifer come in and out of the thread without posting, so I think keeping things going is on us. I'd like to keep @Nitro245 able to act so I hope you're OK with this.
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As Spades and Mavis set up Quinn replies to Marcus
"If they didn't want property damage they should have put that into the addjunct...and offered more money. Be ready with those if we need to make a hasty exit. But in the meantime stay sharp and...well whatever it is you do. We might be in for a surprised, and you might be our only chance of NOT being surprised by it."
In the hallway Mavis pops up, catching the guard by surprise. The poor fellow just stares wide eyed at the silenced pistol, failing to even go for the weapon dangling from his shoulders near his waist. He'd have probably gotten things together in another moment, but by then Spades had moved in from the side and knocked him out with a quick blow, catching him before he can make a thump hitting the ground.
As the rest of the group advances Quinn replies to Thrasher. "I've got a bad feeling things are going weird, we could maybe use a little confusion. Don't forget the advantagets of being a natural, you tend to blend in not having the grace or looks of G-mods, or the thermal signature of cyborgs and roids. You look to be about the same size as that guard, while the covert ops clear the path how about you quickly get into that guys outfit. You might be able to blend in just standing around if you hold his weapon and sling yours into your pack. Though I've got a bad feeling we'll need more than stealth on this one.
Lets keep moving toward the stairwell"
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---------------------A Team--------------------------------
Pushing in his haste, Spades pushes the door too hard and it slams against the wall. The guard turns and seeing Spades and Mavis fumbles at his firearm. He manages to pull it before Spades can close and fires a shot. It misses, however the noise rings through the top floor of the compound. You hear voices call out, but no other sounds. Spades and Mavis need to hurry and finish the guard before support arrives!
A yellow warning flag pops up on Alt's virt display. Someone hit a manual alarm. No sound but guards are aware of the break in. Further, Alt can hear a sound in the net, a cawing growing closer. A Data Raven! NBN ice is beginning to spring up in response to the threat and Alt needs to jack out or get tagged (see glossary)!
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As Veldia advance a door burst open and three security guards rush out. Fortunately, they are distracted by something and do not notice her. However, as they reach the end of the hall they stop. "Wait... I'm not getting a ping back from Jason. Where'd he go?" says one.
"He can't have gone far. He just left to use the can" They seem to be about to search the area, but Veldia is still holding the guards body!
A yellow flag appears on Lilith's virt display, an alarm on floor 4 has been triggered! It doesn't look like its related to you but you know that the guards are going to be ready for you if you encounter them. Further, she hears a cawing through the net. A Data Raven is approaching as NBN scrambles ICE in response to the threat. Lilith needs to jack out or get tagged! (see glossary)
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(Lilith) "Proceed."
Just as Alexis was about to jack in, she and Alex heard a gunshot just above them.
(Alex) "Crap, did we get spotted?"
Now that he just mentioned it, Alexis needed to check for any Data Ravens that might've been deployed in response to the gunshot. Alexis moved her right hand on to a nearby computer as they reached it.
(Alexis) "Commence system scan, check for Data Ravens."
Alexis then scanned the system for any Data Ravens present while Alex sent out the warning to the rest of his team as his radar on his HUD showed red arrows pointing up, showing that they are on a level above them.
(Alex) "We have company, guards are engaging someone or something, but the guards are on high alert and we're not alone. Lilith, it is very likely that NBN has sent out ICE to tag you, jack out or you'll get exposed. Veldia, be prepared to incapacitate guards."
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As it turned out Spades misjudged either his own strength or the door and pushed it too hard. It slammed against the wall and drew the guard’s attention, however at least it startled him as the guard missed with his shot. However their stealth had now been compromised. In an angry flash, Spades ran up to the guard. If something wasn’t wrong from the beginning, it was now and it was all Spades fault.
It was perhaps futile but Spades felt if he could quickly dispatch the guard there just might be a chance, even if it’s small, that their stealth could be retained. He wasn’t counting on it though. When close to the guard Spades tried to grab a hold of the guard to disarm his gun and proceed to knock him out. Hopefully his years of martial art classes would pay off.
There was still the worry of other guards though; no doubt people heard those gun shots.
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Marcus was just sitting around with Quinn and Alt until he heard the door slam open and a gunshot, “Well, so much for cover under stealth”
He placed his hand in his pocket to feel about his charges. It was probably incredibly dangerous for him to be holding them so casually, especially in his coat pocket. He had a feeling that it someone triggered an alarm. Even if it’s just a vocal ‘I heard gunshot!’ Marcus started to feel uneasy, “Do you think this whole thing is a set up?”
[[OOC: I haven't posted either backstory but for Spades in his youth his father enrolled him into martial art classes and Spades stuck with them until he got his first security job]]
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Lilith cursed to herself and pulled out, focusing on her new open space to dig more information about this job. This was starting to seem like a trap, and she was furious it might be. No one tried to pull one over her eyes, no one. She was vindictive and was going to take down whoever set this up
[sorry, short post]
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Immediately after hearing a door slam and a gunshot, Quinn hears Alt say to him in her always the same voice "Data raven's I've had to jack out".
Quinn's face twists with anger under his mask. "Ok. All sorts of things are really wrong with this situation. New plan, we're going for the third floor, if it's a setup they probably don't know about the addjunct and so won't have a trap for us there, the adjunct should pay even if it turns out there isn't even a data pool on the second floor. Everyody move FAST!"
OOC: @Luzifer The addjunct thing still pays even if we don't end up achieving the primary objective right?
OOC: @Hollow Ichigo and @Nitro245 We'll have to see if our covert ops can handle the one guard, but you're probably clear to post something about rushing forward. You character probably didn't need Quinn to explain the need to hurry once the gunshot rings out.
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OOC: Sunnyside: yes it does.
Everyone: I'm sorry for my mistakes in the last post and I hope you will stick with me despite them.
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The guard crumples from the force of the blow and sprawls limply on the ground.
You can heard footsteps, slow and wandering without direction. Three people from the reduplication of them. Some muffled voices carry down the half-lit corridors. Near the guard you see a door with a sign over it that indicates a stairwell, as well as an elevator. A number by the elevator indicates you are on the 4th floor.
This is in addition to numerous doors that are labeled with names and titles of various mid-level office drones.
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(Alexis) "Damn it, Data Ravens, well, there goes our intended plan to hack this floor."
(Alex) "Don't worry about it, our main concern at this point is to get everyone out of here."
Alex examined his radar on his HUD and noted that all of the attention is on the 4th floor. Alex hoped that they would be able to escape without any casualties from any side that this point.
(Alex) "All attention is on the 4th floor, all of the guards are heading there. Avoid that floor whenever possible. Lilith, we need a place to rendezvous."
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OOC: Doing the "training takes over" thing per OOC thread discussion agreement and talking with @Luzifer . Also I think this is the sort of thing Luzifer is looking for. I'm being vague on combat ops rolls because I think @Enemyraidz might put in a post since he responded to the last PM.
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The group slides into the roles they're used to as they make haste to get to the third floor. The covert ops by the door working to get it open if its locked or rigged before the rest of the group gets there, then the combat ops check and cover the stairwell for the covert ops, who split up so at least one will be working on the door, while the others fan out to make sure the support personnel don't get jumped.